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Video gamers expressed excitement about Microsoft's Xbox 360 system, but some parents were upset by the unsavory imagery in many games and the way gaming is encroaching on children's lives...
...Your story provided great insight into Microsoft's vision and its development efforts to capture the center of the networked home with the Xbox 360 [May 23]. That piece of equipment will certainly usher in the era of multimedia convergence that experts have predicted. I'll be the first in line to snap up something that can satisfy my craving for video gaming and Internet access (not to mention watching TV and movies) from the comfort of my couch. Jeremy Cranford Washington...
...minded to experiment with their imaginations a smidgen more. It is very important to emphasize up-and-coming forms of entertainment like enhanced video games, which for many add immeasurably to the quality of leisure activity. Paul S. Miller London "Out of the Xbox" was an interesting article on Microsoft's newest device and the influence of video games on our popular culture. It was a nice break from more serious subject matter. As a gamer, I felt a little bit of "I told you so!" coming on as I read that the average gamer these days is pretty much...
Consider it another step in Google's plans for generating new business from corporate customers. Boeing and Morgan Stanley already rely on Google's $30,000 Search Appliance, a hardware device, to catalog company data. A scaled-down version, the $3,000 Google Mini, is aimed at smaller firms. Microsoft is hot on Google's heels with a version of its own free desktop search tool and a promised corporate version as well...
...soaring, fueling a national obsession with real estate. Your house is now your piggy bank, ATM and 401(k). House gawking is a hobby; remodeling, both entertainment and an investment. Folks brag about having bought their home in the '90s the way they used to brag about having bought Microsoft in the '80s. Even if you're not contemplating buying or selling anytime soon, the amazing lift in home values is changing the way we think about the roofs over our heads. Real estate isn't so much about nesting today as it is about nest feathering...